Power outages: 13 schools closed in Monteregie

Power outages force the School Board of Patriots in Monteregie to close 13 of its schools for the rest of the day. In Laval, all establishments remain open despite numerous power outages.

Primary and secondary schools in Boucherville, St-Amable and Verchères are affected.

“For elementary schools, school staff started making phone calls to see if anyone could pick up their child or take him home. For secondary schools, management ensures that students have a key to return home, otherwise they will be able to stay in school, “reads a message from the school board.

As a result, school transportation has been advanced to allow students to return home.

The Commission scolaire des Patriotes specifies that parents who have questions can directly call the schools concerned. These are private email, we add.

The Laval School Board has not closed its facilities, although some have been affected this morning by blackouts.

“Despite this situation, schools remain open, students stay in class and the return home will be as usual,” notes the school board on its website.

Approximately 140,000 Hydro-Quebec customers currently have no electricity, mainly in the Laurentians, Laval, Lanaudiere, Montreal and Monteregie regions.

List of closed schools

Boucherville

Antoine-Girouard School
School Of The Broquerie
School Young Discoverers
Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine School
Father-Marquette School
Paul-VI School
Impact Orientation School
Saint-Amable

School of Flight
School of the Odyssey
School The Rock
School The Hourglass
François-Williams High SchoolVercheres

John Cage has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Siver Times, John Cage worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella.